Shield Volcano: a gently, sloping mountain gradually built from lava flows. Cinder Cone: a steep, cone-shaped hill or mountain. Composite Volcanoes: tall, cone-shaped mountains in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash. Caldera: a huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain. Volcanic Neck: forms when magma hardens in a volcanoes pipe. Dike: magma that forces itself across rock layers. Sill: when magma squeezes between layers of rock. Batholith: a mass of rock formed when a large body of magma cools inside the crust. Dome Mountains: forms when rising magma is blocked by horizontal layers of rock.
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Volcanic Landforms
form- lava builds up mountains
form- buildup of magma beneath the surface.
Landforms from lava and ash
materials formed from magma- shield, composite, cinder-cone volcanoes- lava plateaus
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Volcanic Landforms 3.3
Vocabulary:
Shield Volcano: a gently, sloping mountain gradually built from lava flows.
Cinder Cone: a steep, cone-shaped hill or mountain.
Composite Volcanoes: tall, cone-shaped mountains in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash.
Caldera: a huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain.
Volcanic Neck: forms when magma hardens in a volcanoes pipe.
Dike: magma that forces itself across rock layers.
Sill: when magma squeezes between layers of rock.
Batholith: a mass of rock formed when a large body of magma cools inside the crust.
Dome Mountains: forms when rising magma is blocked by horizontal layers of rock.
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